Sunday, June 01, 2003

A BIOGRAPHY OF AMERICA Annenberg/CPB
The 'companion site to the video series and telecourse'. Twenty-six chapters, each with some sort of interactive feature, including....

Some excellent maps:- Slave and Free Soil Animated map reminds us that all 13 colonies once had slavery. (Wish: click on states to learn more).
- Mapping Conquest 8 maps in one. Nice overlay/comparison feature. Their method of turning on and off map features should be noted.
- Transportation Revolution Roads, canals, railroads to 1830-1870.
- The New West Less history than commentary, this map still has some interesting things--like the map of public lands.